I Lived in That Era

This novel follows my life, beginning with my birth in 1956. Using my family’s story as a cross-section, it follows events in chronological order, tracing how my family lived and changed over more than seventy years before finally achieving a good life. It celebrates how, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, people across the country adopted different policies in different historical periods, overcame hardships and obstacles, worked hard, strove for progress, and achieved accomplishments that captured the world’s attention.

This novel is 3.5 million Chinese characters long.